Sitting in Partial Shade

بسم الله الرحمٰن الرحيم

الجواب حامداً ومصلياً

As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

في فيض القدير: ٩٥٢٥ – (نهى أن يقعد الرجل بين الظل والشمس) لأنه ظلم للبدن حيث فاضل بين أبعاضه وهذا من كمال محبة الله ورسوله عليه الصلاة والسلام للعدل أن أمر به حتى في حق الإنسان مع نفسه   قال ابن القيم: وفيه تنبيه على منع النوم بينهما فإنه رديء (باب المناهي، ج٦ ص٣٤٢)

وفي السراج المنير: (نهي أن يقعد الرجل) يعني الإنسان (بين الظل والشمس) لأنه ظلم للبدن حيث فاضل بين أبعاضه فيكره (ك) عن أبي هريرة (د) عن بريدة وإسناده صحيح. (باب المناهي، ج٤ ص٣٨١)

The ḥadīth you shared is found in Jāmiʿ al- Ṣaghīr and Mustadrak of Imām Ḥākim. It states that Rasūlullāh ﷺ prohibited a person from sitting between the sun and shade – part of his body is in the shade, and part of his body is in the sun. The commentators of the ḥadīth state that it is harmful to the body to do so.

They also state that it demonstrates the amount of love Rasūlullāh ﷺ had for justice. He ﷺ would emphasize justice so much that he instructed his followers to apply this concept to their own body by not favoring one limb over another. If this is the emphasis given to justice with ourselves, imagine the level of importance assigned to justice with others.

Allāh instructs us:

وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ (سورة الحشر: ٧)

“Accept whatever the Messenger gives you, and refrain from whatever he forbids you. And fear Allāh: verily Allāh is Most Stern in retribution.” (59:7)

قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ (سورة آل عمران: ٣١)

“Say Tell people: ‘If you love Allāh, follow me, and Allāh will love you and will forgive your sins. Allāh is All-Forgiving, Perpetually Merciful.” (3:31)

لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا (سورة الأحزاب: ٢١)

“Surely, in the Messenger of Allāh,  there is the best example for all those who have hope in

Allāh and the Last Day and remember Allāh abundantly.” (33:21)

We should strive to follow the instructions of Rasūlullāh ﷺ in all aspects of life.

والله تعالى أعلم وعلمه أتم وبه التوفيق

And Allāh Taʿālā Knows Best

Muftī Mohammed Wahaajuddin bin Salauddin
(May Allāh forgive him and his parents)
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